1891. Translated by F. Max Muller. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. Vedic Hymns Part I contains: Hymns to the Maruts, Rudra, Vayu and Vata. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1891. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. The Sacred Books of China; The Texts of Taoism Part I contains: The Tao Teh King and The Writings of Kwang-Tze Books I-XVII. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1890. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. The Vedanta Sutras with the commentary by Sankarakarya Part I contains Adhyaya I and II. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

Simply slow down stop and look, not at the story of the mind or the experiences it creates, but all the way through to see from where this mind comes, from where these beliefs come, from where this character comes. Now you are left in the absolute unknown, in the mystery, knowing nothing. A taste of this unknown is a taste of something more beautiful and more passionate than anything you could ever imagine. When this is done, all your supposed problems vanish and then the true lover will carry you home.

The viewpoint of this book is that of a traveler in Oriental lands seeking to observe how the teachings of the various religions of the Far East actually work out in life. In connection with such a popular treatment of these faiths, brief surveys of their fundamental theories also have been embodied, that the reader may get a proper setting for a study of the peculiar rites, ceremonies, and customs of these non-Christian peoples. Illustrated. Contents: Korea, Spirit Land; Fifty Centuries of Worship; Mystical Hindus; Under the Bo-Tree; Moslem Millions; Fire Worshipers; Summary and Conclusion.

This superbly illustrated text is a popular account of Brahmanism, Hinduism, Buddhism and Zoroastrianism. It describes the Vedas and other sacred books, the Zendabesta, Sikhism, Jainism, Mithraism and other faiths -- a typical example of meticulous nineteenth century scholarship.

This book contains a series of eleven essays, ten of which relate to India. These essays are the outcome of personal observation in certain provinces and interaction with the people. One essay discusses China, of which the author has no direct knowledge. Contents: religion of an Indian province; on the origin of divine myths in India; influence upon religion of a rise in morality; witchcraft and non-Christian religions; missionary and non-missionary religions; relations between the state and religion in China; on the formation of some clans and castes in India; the Rajput states of India; Islam in India; our religious policy in India; religious situation in India.

1887. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. The Zend Avesta Part III contains: The Yasna, Visparad, Afrinagan, Gahs and miscellaneous fragments. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

The characteristic feature of this religion is its claim to universality, which it holds in common with Buddhism, and in opposition to Brahmanism. It also declares its object to be to lead all men to salvation, and to open its arms--not only to the noble Aryan, but also to the low-born �'S�udra and even to the alien, deeply despised in India, the Mlechcha. �Footnote: In the stereotyped introductions to the sermons of Jina it is always pointed out that they are addressed to the Aryan and non-Aryan.

The ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, customs and social institutions connected with the religious system of China. This volume contains Part III (The Grave, first half) of Book I (Disposal of the Dead). Contents: Genesis of the grave; Grave as the dwelling of the soul; Placing food and drink in the grave - sacrificing on the tombs - grave altars and grave temples; Placing valuables, requisites of life, animals etc. in the grave; Concerning large tombs, big Tumuli, and grave trees; On mourning customs; Fasting for the dead; Reaction against the waste of wealth in burying the dead; Concerning the sacrifice of human beings at burials, and usages connected therewith.

The ancient forms, evolution, history and present aspect, manners, customs and social institutions connected with the religious system of China. This volume contains Part I (Soul in philosophy and folk-conception) of Book II (On the soul and ancestral worship). Contents: Psychological philosophy; Cosmo-psychological philosophy, and Taoism; On the multiplicity or divisibility of the souls of man; On the parts of the body in which the soul specially dwells; Animistic ideas as suggested by shadows; On disease of the soul, its debility and derangements; On absence of the soul from living man; On reanimation after death; On the reincarnation of souls through birth; On Zoanthropy; On the descent of men from animals; On plant-spirits; On the animation of lifeless matter; On food and medicines prepared from animals and men; On apparitions, and their influence upon the fate of man; On retributive justice exercised by spirits.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Volume 1 of 2. With other essays on related subjects by eminent authorities. These volumes give a summary of the entire matter of phallicism. The chapters deal with the meaning of phallicism, phallic customs, phallicism and religion, phallicism in literature and art, phallicism and life. The author's point of view is that of the physician and his presentation is direct and straightforward. He does not minister to a depraved curiosity, nor does he glory in obscene details.

Volume 2 of 2. With other essays on related subjects by eminent authorities. These volumes give a summary of the entire matter of phallicism. The chapters deal with the meaning of phallicism, phallic customs, phallicism and religion, phallicism in literature and art, phallicism and life. The author's point of view is that of the physician and his presentation is direct and straightforward. He does not minister to a depraved curiosity, nor does he glory in obscene details.

Religious life in early America is often equated with the fire-and-brimstone Puritanism best embodied by the theology of Cotton Mather. Yet, by the nineteenth century, American theology had shifted dramatically away from the severe European traditions directly descended from the Protestant Reformation, of which Puritanism was in the United States the most influential. In its place arose a singularly American set of beliefs. In America's God, Mark Noll has written a biography of this new American ethos.
In the 125 years preceding the outbreak of the Civil War, theology played an extraordinarily important role in American public and private life. Its evolution had a profound impact on America's self-definition. The changes taking place in American theology during this period were marked by heightened spiritual inwardness, a new confidence in individual reason, and an attentiveness to the economic and market realities of Western life. Vividly set in the social and political events of the age, America's God is replete with the figures who made up the early American intellectual landscape, from theologians such as Jonathan Edwards, Nathaniel W. Taylor, William Ellery Channing, and Charles Hodge and religiously inspired writers such as Harriet Beecher Stowe and Catherine Stowe to dominant political leaders of the day like Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. The contributions of these thinkers combined with the religious revival of the 1740s, colonial warfare with France, the consuming struggle for independence, and the rise of evangelical Protestantism to form a common intellectual coinage based on a rising republicanism and commonsense principles. As this Christian republicanism affirmeditself, it imbued in dedicated Christians a conviction that the Bible supported their beliefs over those of all others. Tragically, this sense of religious purpose set the stage for the Civil War, as the conviction of Christians both North and South that God was on their side served to deepen a schism that would soon rend the young nation asunder.
Mark Noll has given us the definitive history of Christian theology in America from the time of Jonathan Edwards to the presidency of Abraham Lincoln. It is a story of a flexible and creative theological energy that over time forged a guiding national ideology the legacies of which remain with us to this day.

A study of three religious masterpieces: Gita, Lotus and Fourth Gospel. Contents: historical founder; environment of the three books and their aims; The Eternal Order, Logos, Brahman, Dharma; architecture and analysis of the books; goal in the three books; their ethical heritage; their ethical ideals; their doctrinal heritage and teaching.

1880. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. This volume contains Part II of The Qur'an; Chapters XVII to CXIV. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1890. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. The Vedanta Sutras with the commentary by Sankarakarya Part I contains Adhyaya I and II. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1879. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. The Sacred Books of China; The Texts of Confucianism Part I contains: The Shu King; The Religious Portions of the Shih King; and The Hsiao King. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

1883. The Sacred Books of the East series, comprising fifty volumes, has translations of key sacred texts of Hinduism, Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, Zoroastrianism, Jainism, and Islam. The series was edited by the famous linguist Max Muller, who also produced many of the translations and were the foundational documents for the new discipline known as the comparative science of religions. The Zend Avesta Part II contains: The Sirozahs, Yasts and Nyayis. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

The problem of the universe has never offered the slightest difficulty to Chinese philosophers. Before the beginning of all things, there was Nothing. In the lapse of ages Nothing coalesced into Unity, the Great Monad. After more ages, the Great Monad separated into Duality, the Male and Female Principles in nature; and then, by a process of biogenesis, the visible universe was produced.

A work found in the Wisdom of the East Series. Contents: Three Factors of Self-Fulfillment; India's Spiritual Intuition; India's Utilitarian and Aesthetic Sacrifices; Indian Thought and Western Science; Chinese Aestheticism; Chinese Religion and the Aesthetic Spirit; Chinese Aesthetic Utilitarianism; Japanese Utilitarian Instinct; Japan's Creative Religious Discernment; Japanese Aestheticism.

This is a collection of poetry describing life on a spiritual path in this modern age, here in the west. The poems describe the spread of Sikh dharma to the west and the reflections of a student of a great new age master, Yogi Bhajan.